Since 1973, nearly 16,000 square miles of rain forest on Borneo, the island shared by Malaysia and Indonesia, have been logged, burned, and bulldozed to make way for oil palm. It accounts for a ...

Rising unemployment was a serious concern in Borneo in the late 1990s and early 2000s and ethnic conflict raged in parts of Kalimantan during this time. The sudden rise of the oil palm in the late ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The palm oil industry was responsible for at least 39% of forest loss on the biodiversity-rich island of Borneo between 2000 and 2018, data from a research firm based in Indonesia shows.

Our field trip to the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Borneo was an amazing experience ... the stark contrasts between the diverse dipterocarp forests and oil palm plantations, and the stages of ...

0Three palm oil companies in Indonesian Borneo, including subsidiaries of ... releasing thousands of years’ worth of carbon emissions. Field inspections in 2024 confirmed the construction ...

The consortium expects phase 4 to average 21,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. The development consists of three oil ...

Prior to and following the field experience in Borneo, students will complete coursework via Canvas ... and large-scale rubber and palm oil plantations. The Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary consists of ...

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Borneo has lost almost 40% of its forest in the last 10 years to Palm oil. One of the animals most affected by this habitat loss is the orangutan. For Seven Worlds, One Planet we filmed a mother ...

Fire is also a major threat. Conserving orang-utan habitat: We are working in both Borneo and Sumatra to secure well-managed protected areas and wider forest landscapes connected by corridors.